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| − | This specimen was lot 71580 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $115. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Ore, 1750. Avesta Mint. Frederick I (1720-51). NGC MS-61 BN. Slanted 5. Struck slightly off center on thick planchet. Dark chocolate surfaces. Minimal marks, a few spots of strike weakness at the peripheries. Otherwise a lovely example sure to please. From the Trebuchet Collection." In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = | + | This specimen was lot 71580 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $115. The catalog description<sup>[1]</sup> noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Ore, 1750. Avesta Mint. Frederick I (1720-51). NGC MS-61 BN. Slanted 5. Struck slightly off center on thick planchet. Dark chocolate surfaces. Minimal marks, a few spots of strike weakness at the peripheries. Otherwise a lovely example sure to please. From the Trebuchet Collection." In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = one mark and 48 öre = one riksdaler. This type was struck 1743-50 and is common in low grade. This date comes with upright 5's and slanting 5's. |
''Recorded mintage:'' 353,000 (all varieties). | ''Recorded mintage:'' 353,000 (all varieties). | ||
Revision as of 13:54, 10 April 2025
This specimen was lot 71580 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Santa Ana, CA, May 2018), where it sold for $115. The catalog description[1] noted, "SWEDEN. 2 Ore, 1750. Avesta Mint. Frederick I (1720-51). NGC MS-61 BN. Slanted 5. Struck slightly off center on thick planchet. Dark chocolate surfaces. Minimal marks, a few spots of strike weakness at the peripheries. Otherwise a lovely example sure to please. From the Trebuchet Collection." In the pre-reform Swedish coinage, 8 öre = one mark and 48 öre = one riksdaler. This type was struck 1743-50 and is common in low grade. This date comes with upright 5's and slanting 5's.
Recorded mintage: 353,000 (all varieties).
Specification: 28.3 g, copper.
Catalog reference: KM-437.
- Bjorne Ahlström, Yngve Almer and Bengt Hemmingson, Sveriges Mynt, 1521-1977, the Coinage of Sweden. Stockholm: Numismatika Bokforlaget AB, 1976.
- Delzanno, Roberto, Myntårsboken 2022, Sveriges Mynt 995-2021, 1:a upplagen, Stockholm, 2021.
- Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
- [1]Ponterio, Richard, Kyle Ponterio and Chris Chatigny, The May 2018 Collector's Choice Sale, Santa Ana, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2018.
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